Overview
- United Flight 1093 from Denver to Los Angeles descended and diverted to Salt Lake City after a multilayer cockpit window cracked at cruise, and all 134 passengers and six crew landed safely.
- The captain sustained a minor arm injury from glass, according to passenger accounts and local officials, as widely shared but unverified images showed a bloodied forearm and cockpit debris.
- The NTSB opened an investigation, sent the windscreen to its laboratory, and is reviewing radar, weather, and flight-recorder data gathered from the incident near Moab, Utah.
- WindBorne Systems said one of its long-duration weather balloons likely matches the event, submitted a preliminary report to the NTSB and FAA, and deployed changes to minimize time at 30,000–40,000 feet while pursuing autonomous plane-avoidance measures.
- Investigators have not confirmed a cause; theories such as a meteorite or space debris remain unproven, and the FAA assesses the odds of space-debris striking an airliner as extraordinarily low.